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When do we Use Capital Letters?

时间：2011-08-08 07:31:29

（单词翻译:单击）

 　　1. Use a capital letter for the personal pronoun 'I':

　　What can I say?
　　2. Use a capital letter to begin a sentence or to begin speech:
　　The man arrived. He sat down.
　　Suddenly Mary asked, "Do you love me?"
　　3. Use capital letters for many abbreviations and acronyms1:
　　G.M.T. or GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
　　N.A.T.O. or NATO or Nato (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
　　4. Use a capital letter for days of the week, months of the year, holidays:
　　Monday, Tuesday
　　January, February
　　Christmas
　　Armistice2 Day
　　5. Use a capital letter for countries, languages & nationalities, religions:
　　China, France
　　Japanese, English
　　Christianity, Buddhism3
　　6. Use a capital letter for people's names and titles:
　　Anthony, Ram4, William Shakespeare
　　Professor Jones, Dr Smith
　　Captain Kirk, King Henry VIII
　　7. Use a capital letter for trade-marks and names of companies and other organizations:
　　Pepsi Cola, Walkman
　　Microsoft Corporation, Toyota
　　the United Nations, the Red Cross
　　8. Use a capital letter for places and monuments:
　　London, Paris, the Latin Quarter
　　the Eiffel Tower, St Paul's Cathedral
　　Buckingham Palace, the White House
　　Oxford5 Street, Fifth Avenue
　　Jupiter, Mars, Syrius
　　Asia, the Middle East, the North Pole
　　9. Use a capital letter for names of vehicles like ships, trains and spacecraft:
　　the Titanic6
　　the Orient Express, the Flying Scotsman
　　Challenger 2, the Enterprise
　　10. Use a capital letter for titles of books, poems, songs, plays, films etc:
　　War And Peace
　　If, Futility7
　　Like a Virgin8
　　The Taming of the Shrew
　　The Lion King, Gone With The Wind
　　11. Use capitals letters (sometimes!) for headings, titles of articles, books etc, and newspaper headlines:
　　HOW TO WIN AT POKER9
　　Chapter 2: CLINTON'S EARLY LIFE
　　LIFE FOUND ON MARS!
　　MAN BITES DOG

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1 acronyms a2987b4e53247549016e1ad4dde017b4     
n.首字母缩略词( acronym的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Scratch the subject of defence and acronyms, abbreviations, and buzzwords fly out. 话题触及国防，缩合字，缩写字和行话就满天飞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Some acronyms as scientific terminology are used as a lexical item. 一些科学术语缩写用作词汇项目。 来自互联网
2 armistice ivoz9     
n.休战，停战协定
参考例句：
  • The two nations signed an armistice.两国签署了停火协议。
  • The Italian armistice is nothing but a clumsy trap.意大利的停战不过是一个笨拙的陷阱。
3 Buddhism 8SZy6     
n.佛教（教义）
参考例句：
  • Buddhism was introduced into China about 67 AD.佛教是在公元67年左右传入中国的。
  • Many people willingly converted to Buddhism.很多人情愿皈依佛教。
4 ram dTVxg     
(random access memory)随机存取存储器
参考例句：
  • 512k RAM is recommended and 640k RAM is preferred.推荐配置为512K内存，640K内存则更佳。
5 Oxford Wmmz0a     
n.牛津（英国城市）
参考例句：
  • At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
  • This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。
6 titanic NoJwR     
adj.巨人的，庞大的，强大的
参考例句：
  • We have been making titanic effort to achieve our purpose.我们一直在作极大的努力，以达到我们的目的。
  • The island was created by titanic powers and they are still at work today.台湾岛是由一个至今仍然在运作的巨大力量塑造出来的。
7 futility IznyJ     
n.无用
参考例句：
  • She could see the utter futility of trying to protest. 她明白抗议是完全无用的。
  • The sheer futility of it all exasperates her. 它毫无用处，这让她很生气。
8 virgin phPwj     
n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的
参考例句：
  • Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
  • There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。
9 poker ilozCG     
n.扑克；vt.烙制
参考例句：
  • He was cleared out in the poker game.他打扑克牌，把钱都输光了。
  • I'm old enough to play poker and do something with it.我打扑克是老手了，可以玩些花样。